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 The build procedure is as follows:

  •                          repo  repo init -u https://code.rdkcentral.com/r/manifests -m rdkv-asp-nosrc.xml -b thunder-next
  •                          repo  repo sync -j4 --no-clone-bundle
  •                          source  source meta-cmf-raspberrypi/setup-environment (select option raspberrypi-rdk-hybrid-thunder.conf)
  •                          bitbake  bitbake rdk-generic-hybrid-thunder-image

Flashing the image

   Image is flashed to SD card before inserting to RPI board.   

sd-card size requisite

It is must to have minimal size of 8GB SD-Card for Firmware upgrade support

Command to flash the image

       Generated image has to be flashed to an SD card using this command in local PC:

$ sudo dd if=<path to ImageName.rpi-sdimg> of=<path to SD card space> bs=4M


Ex: 

$ sudo dd if=rdk-generic-hybrid-thunder-image_default_

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20200302130659.rootfs.rpi-sdimg of=/dev/

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sdc bs=4M
317+0 records in
317+0 records out
1329594368 bytes (1.3 GB, 1.2 GiB) copied, 104.88 s, 12.7 MB/s
$ sync


The SD card is then inserted to the Raspberry Pi board and booted to check for containers created.

The Raspberry Pi board is connected to the PC via a USB to serial converter and the logs can be checked in console or can be connected via HDMI cable to a TV and logs will be shown in the terminal

Enabling the FirmwareControl Plugin:

   FirmwareControl plugin is enabled or disabled via Controller UI. Controller UI is launched using browser via http://<board ip>

   Ex: http://192.168.2.20

Upon booting the image, firmwareControl plugin will be disabled

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